Cast Iron Skillet Cookie
One giant chocolate chip cookie baked in a cast iron skillet, golden at the edge and soft and gooey in the middle.
Photograph credit: A skillet cookie this famous certainly deserves custom leather cast iron skillet… by Geoffrey Franklin · CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
How to Cook Cast Iron Skillet Cookie
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Heat the oven to 180°C / 355°F. Grease a 20 cm cast iron skillet.
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Whisk the melted butter, both sugars, the egg, egg yolk and vanilla until smooth.
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Stir in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt, then fold in the chocolate chips. Press the dough into the skillet.
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Bake for 20 minutes until the edge is golden and the centre is just set. Stand for 5 minutes before serving.
What Can Go Wrong
- Cool the melted butter so it does not melt the chocolate.
- Underbake slightly for a gooey middle.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
A Little Background
Butter, sugar, chocolate, flour: four things you need, and one pan. A skillet cookie is a chocolate chip cookie dough pressed into a hot cast iron pan and baked as one big round, with a crisp, browned rim and a centre that stays soft. It is a dessert to share, with spoons and a scoop of ice cream.
The dough is made in one bowl with melted butter, so there is no creaming and no waiting for butter to soften. Brown sugar gives it chew, caster sugar crisp edges, and an extra egg yolk adds richness. Chop a good bar of dark chocolate and mix it with the chips, as the chunks melt into pools.
Underbake it slightly. Take it out when the edge is golden and the middle looks barely set, as it carries on cooking in the hot pan. Let it stand for 5 minutes, then top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, which melts into the warm cookie. Eat it straight from the skillet, with spoons.
To Go With It
Vanilla ice cream · Whipped cream · Cold milk · Salted caramel sauce
Leftovers
Best eaten warm. Keeps covered for 2 days and reheats in a low oven.
What's in a Serving
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.
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